Thursday, March 25, 2010

Here are some Bronx-related stories which we've rounded up for you, our lovely readers, while trolling the interweb with our horse and lasso this fine morning:

Some NYC neighborhoods (including Soundview) have not returned any census forms as of yet... [New York Times, WNYC]

BD NOTE: Step up your game Soundview! It's disgraceful that not ONE household has mailed back a census form yet...There's a ton of dough at stake for our hoods in terms of federal aid. Why haven't the elected officials and community board members who are Soundview residents sent their forms back yet?

The MTA has approved $93 million in service cuts which will go into effect in June [New York Times, BxNN]

A 24-year-old boxer living in East Tremont will be competing in the Daily News Golden Gloves boxing championship tomorrow night [Daily News]

I filled mine out and mailed it the same day I got it.My boyfriend refuses to fill his out. He says he wants to stay "off the radar" and doesn't want the government knowing his business. He says its for jury duty. Dumb.

I assume your boyfriend has a driver's license. That puts him on the radar. If he works and pays taxes, he's also on the radar. If he is unlucky enough to become unemployed and files for unemployment, he'll be on the radar. His social security number puts him on the radar.

The purpose of the census is to determine how many people live in a certain area so that resources can be assigned there to improve infrastructure such as roads, hospitals, schools etc. Your representation in the city, state and federal government directly depends on the result of this census. Please talk him into filling out the census form.

Why doesen't Senator Diaz jump in his noisemaker hoopdee that he trolls around in for campaigning to voice the importance of filling out and sending in the census!! What is his "congregation" so busy doing that they cannot sound the alarm?!

I have a feeling that the error is either with the Post Office or with the Census Bureau. Were the forms printed and mailed? Were they delivered? I got two letters and two forms. Someone is responsible. I don't think all the residents of one area conspired to boycott the census.

Anonymous this has nothing to do with the "poor" areas anywhere. If you read the article, across the city, from even the wealthiest communities, few, if any, census forms have been returned. Thanks for blaming the poor though..clearly it is their fault...everything is huh?

As for handouts, look to your wonderfully wealthy corporations who spend millions for handouts from the government. They are so well represented and wealthy, why do they spend so much time begging for handouts?